Was Berserk nerfed in WoW Forever?

Berserk is listed as changed, not nerfed or buffed: no cast time, cost, cooldown or range moved in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era. What changed: value 1 50% in Classic Era, 100% in Forever, tooltip text changed, buff text changed.

What changed for Berserk in WoW Forever?

Value 1 50% in Classic Era, 100% in Forever, tooltip text changed, buff text changed. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

Spells / Berserk

Spell · Physical changed

Berserk

Berserk was changed in WoW Forever: value 1 50% in Classic Era, 100% in Forever, tooltip text changed, buff text changed. Now instant cast, 3 min cooldown. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

Berserk tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

The same tooltip players see in-game, side by side, with each changed line marked.

Classic Era 1.15.9.69722

Berserk

Physical school

Instant · 180 sec cooldown

Requires level 1

When activated, this ability causes your Mangle (Bear) and Lacerate abilities to hit up to 3 targets, Lacerate to cost no Rage, Mangle (Bear) to have no cooldown, and reduces the energy cost of all your Cat Form abilities by 50%. Lasts 15 sec. Requires Bear Form, Cat Form, or Dire Bear Form to activate. Clears the effect of Fear and makes you immune to Fear for the duration.

Immune to Fear effects. Energy costs reduced. Mangle and Lacerate hit multiple targets. Lacerate has no Rage cost and Mangle (Bear) has no cooldown.

Forever 1.60.1.70009

Berserk

Physical school

Instant · 180 sec cooldown

Requires level 1

$?a5487|a9634|a3025[|CFFFFFFFFReuires Cat Form, Bear Form, Dire Bear Form|R][|CFFFF2020Requires Cat Form, Bear Form, Dire Bear Form|R] Causes your Primal Bite ability to strike up to 3 targets, removes its cooldown, and increases the critical strike chance of your Combo Point-generating abilities by 100%. Clears and grants immunity to Fear effects for the duration. Lasts 15 sec.

Combo Point generating abilities gain 100% increased critical strike chance. Primal Bite hits up to 3 targets and has no cooldown. Immune to Fear effects.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Also changed behind the tooltip: effects (not shown in a tooltip line). See the full field diff below for both values side by side.

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Raw field diff every changed column

Field	Classic Era	Forever
auraDescription	Immune to Fear effects. Energy costs reduced. Mangle and Lacerate hit multiple targets. Lacerate has no Rage cost and Mangle (Bear) has no cooldown.	Combo Point generating abilities gain $s1% increased critical strike chance. Primal Bite hits up to $w3 targets and has no cooldown. Immune to Fear effects.
baseLevel	1	0
description	When activated, this ability causes your Mangle (Bear) and Lacerate abilities to hit up to $s3 targets, Lacerate to cost no Rage, Mangle (Bear) to have no cooldown, and reduces the energy cost of all your Cat Form abilities by $s1%. Lasts $d. Requires Bear Form, Cat Form, or Dire Bear Form to activate. Clears the effect of Fear and makes you immune to Fear for the duration.	$?a5487\|a9634\|a3025[\|CFFFFFFFFReuires Cat Form, Bear Form, Dire Bear Form\|R][\|CFFFF2020Requires Cat Form, Bear Form, Dire Bear Form\|R] Causes your Primal Bite ability to strike up to $s3 targets, removes its cooldown, and increases the critical strike chance of your Combo Point-generating abilities by $s1%. Clears and grants immunity to Fear effects for the duration. Lasts $d.
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 108, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -50, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 14, 0 ], "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 108, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -100, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 11, 0 ], "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 107, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 3, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 2, "miscValue": [ 17, 0 ], "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 77, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 3, "miscValue": [ 5, 0 ], "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 108, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -100, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 4, "miscValue": [ 14, 0 ], "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 107, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 100, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 7, 0 ], "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 108, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": -100, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 11, 0 ], "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 107, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 3, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 2, "miscValue": [ 17, 0 ], "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 77, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 3, "miscValue": [ 5, 0 ], "realPointsPerLevel": 0, "triggerSpell": 0, "variance": 0 } ]

Berserk change history by build

Build Compared to Change

1.60.1.70009 1.60.1.69977 2 fields

1.60.1.70009 1.15.9.69722 4 fields

1.60.1.69977 1.15.9.69722 4 fields

1.60.1.69913 1.15.9.69722 4 fields

1.60.1.69893 1.15.9.69722 4 fields

1.60.1.69876 1.15.9.69722 4 fields

Related to Berserk

Other client rows named Berserk

The game client ships one more row named Berserk (a creature's copy or an internal duplicate, not something a player casts). This page is the player ability; the other keeps its own page.

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